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• SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 5, 2010Haiti SitRep (9)

  The Government and humanitarian actors are coordinating to determine the scale of humanitarian needs in Nippes and Sud departments following floods on 27 February.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 5, 2010John Nduna: ACT remains in Haiti

  “ACT Alliance has been in Haiti for many years and will remain in Haiti as long as we are needed.."

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 5, 2010“Listen to the women”

  The issue of Women’s Day in Haiti is to take care of family members.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 2, 2010Arts Help Haitian Children Heal

  The capoeira training is part of a comprehensive psychosocial program by Viva Rio, a partner organization of ACT Alliance member Norwegian Church Aid.

• SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 2, 2010Chile SitRep

  The number of dead and missing continues to increase. The level of destruction and damage is high. Even recently-built structures were destroyed, creating anger directed at construction companies.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 1, 2010Chile earthquake: ACT works with the government

  The 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile - one of the most powerful recorded – has killed more than 700 people, but the figure is expected to increase.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 28, 2010ACT already in Chile

  The 8.8 quake is one of the biggest ever recorded and the largest to hit Chile in 50 years.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 24, 2010Haiti: Water to the Homeless

  Pierrette Joseph Wesner and Saint Philippe Kesly start their day before the sun comes up. They have an important job to do. They are water truck drivers. Lots of people depend on them.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 19, 2010Heavy Rains Underscore Shelter Needs in Haiti

  Wednesday night, Haiti’s capital experienced its heaviest rainfall since the earthquake, a soaking downpour that lasted for several hours.

• SITUATION REPORT: FEBRUARY 17, 2010Haiti SitRep (7)

  ACT members continue providing assistance to affected families.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 17, 2010Indonesian Children Help Haiti

  Last year, two major earthquakes hit Indonesia. When a new horrendous quake hit Haiti last month, Indonesians followed the breaking news with great interest and compassion.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 15, 2010Prayers and Hymns in Haiti

  One month of suffering since the earthquake in Haiti.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 12, 2010Haiti: One Month After the Earthquake: Where to Live

  Just outside of Port-au-Prince, community leader Altenor Ronald expressed a mixture of frustration, anger and disorientation as he tried to coordinate the relocation of the displaced into a roadside displacement site.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 11, 2010Haiti: Angelina Jolie visits ACT Alliance

  American actor Angelina Jolie visited yesterday ACT Alliance’s projects in the hard hit area of Jacmel.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 11, 2010One Month in Haiti, ACT Helps 150 000 Lives

  Since the earthquake hit parts of Haiti January 12, the ACT Alliance has assisted more than 150,000 people.

• SITUATION REPORT: FEBRUARY 10, 2010Haiti SitRep (6)

  ACT members continue providing assistance covering Protection/psychosocial, recovery, camps, agriculture, health, education, shelter and DRR.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 9, 2010Haiti’s many challenges reveal the difficulties of humanitarian work

  Humanitarian practice, even during relatively small emergencies, is hard and imperfect work – a fact often not fully understood or appreciated by donors and even non-emergency staff of humanitarian groups.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 9, 2010Haiti: Photos to Remember

  It's not the words you recall after a major tragedy, it's the vivid image that stays etched in your memory. Even more rare and magical is the recording eye that sees hope where others see hell.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 5, 2010Haiti: Born in the rubble

  McAnley was born twelve days after the Haiti earth quake where his father was killed.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 4, 2010Haiti: ACT campaigns: Pop music, auctions an finance bonus for Haiti

  ACT member ask Wall Street finance executives to donate ten percent of their bonuses for Haiti.

• SITUATION REPORT: FEBRUARY 4, 2010Haiti SitRep (5)

  ACT members continue providing assistance covering Protection/psychosocial, recovery, camps, agriculture, health, education, shelter and DRR.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 1, 2010Haiti: The Battle for Food

  At an ACT Alliance distribution of food and goods, workers set about allocating relief to the most vulnerable. Pregnant women and families with young children come first. Then things go horribly wrong.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 29, 2010Capoeria, The Healing Dance of Haiti

  A boy stretches in a backyard of Bel Air in Port-au-Prince. He is dancing capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that has been turned into therapy for children affected by the earthquake.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 28, 2010What is ACT Alliance doing in Haiti?

  Slowly the food is moving, the clean water is running. Haitians have shelter.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 27, 2010Haiti SitRep (4)

  Assistance will be short, medium and longer term, including: shelter, watsan, hygiene and non food items.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 26, 2010Caring for Haiti's Kids

  Traumatized, ill and suffering loss of limbs, hundreds of children need round-the-clock care.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 25, 2010Haiti Sitrep (3)

  The situation continues to be desperate for the people affected by the earthquake in Haiti.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 25, 2010Haiti: Slowly, a return to daily life

  Slowly food and water have started moving in Haiti.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 22, 2010Haiti: Clean Water from Filthy

  The ACT Alliance has brought in specialist water and sanitation facilities, desperately needed in earthquake-hit Haiti.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 21, 2010Haiti: ACT Distributions Continue in Remote Areas

  Medical teams, experts and tonnes of food, household items and tarpaulins from ACT Alliance members and partners continue to reach Haitians made homeless.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 21, 2010Sitrep - Haiti (2)

  A strong 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince yesterday, shaking residents who survived the devastating January 12 earthquake.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 20, 2010

  Haiti, now in ruins after the earthquake, is receiving millions of dollars in emergency aid, but has at the same time a huge debt to the same international community.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 20, 2010ACT photographer Paul Jeffrey in Haiti: “They are used to struggle, so life goes on”

  In the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Port-au-Prince is filled with rubble and corpses. Yet amid the destruction and despair, the hope and strength of the Haitian people is undeniable.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 19, 2010SitRep - Haiti (1)

  ACT members are preparing a preliminary appeal that will enable delivery of immediate lifesaving assistance with non-food items, psychosocial support, shelter/site planning, emergency health and water and sanitation.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 18, 2010'As much assistance to Haiti as possible' - ACT coordinator

  The incoming ACT Alliance coordinator for Haiti has outlined priorities for the huge relief operation she is about to lead.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 18, 2010ACT Alliance Support Reaching Haiti

  In the chaos of aid distribution, ACT Alliance members are managing to get food, temporary shelter, water cleaning materials and expertise to the Haitian capital.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 15, 2010ACT in Haiti: Healing the Traumatised

  Thousands of people in Port-au-Prince - injured, hungry and desperate - have spent days outdoor in the demolished capital of Haiti without food or shelter.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 14, 2010Haiti: Port-au-Prince “looks like a war zone”

  Between 60 and 80 percent of the houses in Port-au-Prince were brought down or are uninhabitable by Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 13, 2010ACT Responding to Haiti Earthquake

  Hundreds, maybe thousands, of people were buried alive when a major earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 13, 2010Haiti: ACT Staff Missing

  ACT Alliance staff members in Haiti are unaccounted for, others are scrambling to find loved ones, and still others are in shock after surviving building collapses.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 23, 2009Merry Christmas from ACT

  There is room in the Inn...

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 21, 2009Jan Egeland: “Saving human lives is no place for amateurs”

  The way ACT International handled the tsunami catastrophe is an example for others. The members were effective; they understood the need for coordination. “They did well”.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 18, 2009Pakistan: Disease Outbreaks Averted, Despite Delayed Funds

  Dr. Kashif Islam knows what it costs to respond to the massive medical needs of overlooked Pakistani families displaced by the military conflict in Swat earlier this year.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 18, 2009Gaza: Healing the Traumatized City

  “My child has stopped talking” one woman says. “I have a boy who is 15 years old. Since the war he has become a bed-wetter. He can’t go to the bathroom at night”, says another.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 17, 2009West Sumatra: In the ruins: “A Place Called Home”

  The earthquake has changed many lives in West Sumatra. They've lost their houses and loved ones. Yusmaida, 43, is one of the earthquake-affected people in Pinjauan in the Sungai Limau sub-district of Padang Pariaman.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 17, 2009What are the Churches Doing in Copenhagen?

  Why should religious people be involved in the climate change debate? And how should religious people, particularly Christians, view themselves in relation to the earth and God, the creator of the earth?

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 17, 2009Copenhagen: “Stay Until You Agree”

  Nelson Muffuh from Christian Aid today urged heads of state and government meeting in Copenhagen to show leadership now while there is still time - and come up with a fair, ambitious and binding (FAB) deal on climate change.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 16, 2009ACT Book Launch: Five Years After the Tsunami

  Five years after the tsunami hit the beaches of the Indian Ocean and killed more than 227,000 people, ACT International has released a book about the catastrophe.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 16, 2009Copenhagen: John Nduna Hopeful for the Right Decision

  Newly appointed ACT General Secretary John Nduna is a wanted man. The former banker, who went into the humanitarian sector in 1990, is wanted in every corner of the big hall at Bella Centre.

• SITUATION REPORT: DECEMBER 16, 2009Pakistan: Security Hinders Assistance from Reaching Many IDPs

  Since the start of December, immediately following the Eid holidays in Pakistan, terrorist attacks have occurred at various key locations in Pakistan.

• SITUATION REPORT: DECEMBER 16, 2009Jakarta: West Sumatra Earthquake

  Government aims to: restore social and psychological well-being; provide temporary shelter and basic services including clean water and sanitation, livelihood, education and food security; and establish the foundation for reconstruction.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 15, 2009ACT in Copenhagen: Thousands Demonstrate for Change

  Thousands of demonstrators might not change the views and decisions of politicians but the weekend’s peaceful climate demonstration in Copenhagen at least made people come together with a common vision for a better world.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 15, 2009Tutu: “God is smiling in Copenhagen”

  

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 11, 2009Free Download: Ethiopian Family Struggles Against Climate Change

  First the rain came too early. Later, when the crops needed water, there was not a single drop. Then, suddenly, the rain came. And then came the frost. That is how the season was for a peasant farmer in Ethiopia.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 10, 2009ACT Alliance: John Nduna Appointed as General Secretary

  John Nduna has been appointed as General Secretary of the ACT Alliance, one of the biggest humanitarian networks in the world.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 8, 2009Copenhagen: Demand for Climate Justice

  ACT International is calling on world leaders at Copenhagen to take action now to stop climate change, challenging them to clean up the climate for the sake of millions of the world’s poorest people.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 1, 2009World AIDS Day: Creativity Key for HIV Work in Pakistan

  For vulnerable Pakistanis, lack of access to basic information on HIV is almost an epidemic in itself.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 30, 2009HIV is Not statistical, Tutu says

  A major religious leader says the world can no longer think of HIV in developing countries as a problem that sits in isolation from other countries.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 27, 2009Myanmar (Burma): Education that Saves Lives

  The next time a cyclone hits Myanmar (Burma), the population in 50 villages will know what to do.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 25, 2009Tamil Nadu, India: Anxious Wait for Emergency Assistance After Flood

  Tamil Nadu communities desperately need assistance for relief from floods and landslides that have killed 95 since the beginning of this month.

• SITUATION REPORT: NOVEMBER 18, 2009Guatemala: Food Crises Threatens

  A serious food crisis is threatening Guatemala. Change of weather has destroyed the field crops, and stored food from last season is about to finish.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 17, 2009Tamil Nadu: Floods and Landslides Worsen

  The death toll in the Tamil Nadu floods and landslides has risen to 80, further evidence that India is at the mercy of the dramatically changing climate.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 16, 2009Darfur: A Flying Visit

  For two hours our small plane droned its way south-eastwards from Khartoum towards our destination of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 16, 2009Darfur: Darfur Must Not Become a Forgotten Emergency

  Darfur is in danger of becoming a forgotten emergency, according to Nyika Musiyazwiriyo, the outgoing Head of Programmes for the joint ACT/Caritas Darfur Programme.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 4, 2009Vietnam: Helping People Be Better Prepared

  Being better prepared for harsher and more frequent disasters is a key aspect of ACT International’s appeal for a typhoon-hit Vietnam province.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 30, 2009Philippines: ACT workers preparing for fourth storm

  ACT International members in the Philippines are bracing for a fourth storm in just over a month as Typhoon Mirinae bears down on already devastated northern regions.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 28, 2009Myanmar: Emergency Drill Tests Village’s Skills

  A drill in emergency preparedness brought an entire Myanmar village together, the first such drill in a country still recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis last year.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 22, 2009West Sumatra: ACT Minding the Gaps - One Thing Less to Worry About

  The tiny village of Palak Pisang consists of eight families separated from the next closest village by about two kilometres. For the people of Palak Pisang, those two kilometres might as well be a thousand.

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 22, 2009Pakistan: ACT Responds to Assist South Waziristan IDPs

  The security situation for civilians and aid workers in Pakistan has deteriorated further with an increase in military offensives and militant attacks over the past couple of weeks.

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 21, 2009Indonesia: West Sumatra Earthquake

  Nearly three weeks after the 7.9 Richter Scale earthquake struck West Sumatra, ACT members continue to deliver assistance to affected areas.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 16, 2009South India: ACT Food Programme Reaches 60,000

  major ACT International feeding programme in flood-hit southern India is providing meals for nearly 60,000 people but is struggling to generate financial support at a time of many recent typhoon and earthquake emergencies in the Asia region.

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 16, 2009Pakistan: Boosted Humanitarian Efforts

  More than two-thirds of internally displaced people have returned home. While this may be good news, it also means one-third remains displaced. These people still require assistance in terms of food, shelter and medical attention.

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 14, 2009Cambodia: Typhoon Ketsana and Rainwater Floods

  Typhoon Ketsana caused major havoc in eight provinces of Cambodia on September 29 - 30, 2009. Kompong Thom Province experienced the greatest level of damage.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 12, 2009West Sumatra: Earthquake victims’ health worsening

  Earthquake survivors' health is deteriorating rather than improving.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 12, 2009West Sumatra: The circle of life continues

  Two heavily pregnant women get food assistance from ACT International in a remote village.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 9, 2009South India: “Second battle” of sanitation, income and shelter

  Loss of shelter, sanitation and sources of income are the biggest problems facing survivors of the worst floods in southern India in 100 years.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 8, 2009Samoa: Actions Speak Louder than Words

  When Victoria Lio Nansen and friends heard of the devastation wrought by the tsunami on southeast Upolu island, they had no hesitation offering to help

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 7, 2009Samoa: ACT Alliance Response to the Samoa Tsunami

  On the morning of September 29, a 5m-high tsunami hit Samoa, killing 137 people in Samoa, with two people still missing.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 7, 2009Southern India: ACT International Appeal Targets Poorest

  ACT International has launched a preliminary appeal for flood relief in southern India for relief operations underway, as fears mount that the region could face severe food shortages.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 7, 2009West Sumatra: Daughter’s Schooling Before House Repairs

  Policeman Abiudin Gulo dropped by the ACT International humanitarian relief post Wednesday morning to see the activities at this “post that never sleeps”.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 7, 2009West Sumatra: Volunteers Working Round the Clock

  Since the earthquake hit the coast of Sumatra, Santi Laia has been working round the clock. She sleeps only three or four hours a day. The 20-year-old is one out of two dozen volunteers with the regional council of churches.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 6, 2009West Sumatra: A Congregation Opens Its Hearts and Doors

  Calm, handy, responsive, and firm are words that come to mind in describing pastor Michiko Saren, who serves the Efrata congregation of the West Indonesia Protestant Church in Padang.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 6, 2009Padang: At the Heart of the Relief Effort

  More than 1000 people have died after last Wednesday’s 7.6 earthquake and thousands more are thought to be missing.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 6, 2009Sumatra: Mobile Medical Teams of ACT International Help Injured Villagers

  The old man is trying to smile, although must be suffering great pain. He has bruises and cuts all over his thin body.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 6, 2009Philippines: People Scared of What's to Come

  More than half a million displaced people in the Philippines are trying to create a living out of nothing. Their homes were washed away when tropical storm Ketsana hit a week ago.

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 5, 2009West Sumatra: Earthquake

  ACT members coordinate to deliver basic relief and medical assistance to affected families in West Sumatra.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 5, 2009From Earthquake Survivor to Rescuer

  At the moment the 7.9 Richter scale earthquake hit, Mr. Zukri Amra was shopping in a market not far from his home. Much of the building collapsed and the lights went out as sparks flew around him.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 5, 2009West Sumatra Families Living in Fear

  From the street of Villa Mega, south of Padang, few houses seem to have been badly damaged or destroyed by last week’s 7.6 earthquake.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 2, 2009Indonesia: ACT Doctors and Nurses Reach Sumatra

  ACT International is sending medical personnel and equipment to treat at least 2000 people in the worst-hit areas of West Sumatra.

• SITUATION REPORT: OCTOBER 2, 2009West Sumatra: Earthquake

  ACT members coordinate to deliver basic relief and medical assistance to affected families in West Sumatra.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 1, 2009Samoa: Children on way to School Taken by the Tsunami

  The whole population of Samoa is in mourning as survivors continue to search for their missing loved ones. Bodies are being found buried in the sand and washed up into the trees by the huge waves.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009ACT in Worst-Hit Areas of Manila

  The death toll in the storm that lashed the Philippines has risen sharply to 240, according to government figures, with threats of worse weather later this week.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009More Rain Forecast for Typhoon-Hit Vietnam

  Typhoon Ketsana, which caused havoc in the Philippines at the weekend, has killed 41 people in Vietnam.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009Philippines: Water Neck High

  Almost half a million people are affected by floods in the Philippines, where the death toll until now is 144.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009Honduras: Curfew to be Lifted

  The interim government of Honduras says it will suspend the curfew it imposed on Monday when ousted President Manuel Zelaya made a dramatic return home.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 22, 2009Conditions Expected to Worsen for Indonesian Earthquake Survivors

  Life for people left homeless by the West Java earthquake will worsen in the coming weeks unless assistance is stepped up, ACT International members fear.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 22, 2009Honduras: The President is Back

  Manuel Zelaya has secretly gone back to Honduras. He is now residing in the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa, after having been out of the country since the coup d’etat three month ago.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009Rapid Support Team Launch Sept. 15

  ACT International’s new Rapid Support Team will ensure teams can be deployed anywhere in the world within days of a disaster.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 9, 2009Indonesia Earthquake – Rebuilding the Damage

  In the aftermath of last week’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the south coast of West Java, people continue to live in tents and under tarpaulins.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 9, 2009Preliminary Appeal for Indonesia Later this Week

  The churches’ global response agency, ACT International, will this week issue a preliminary appeal for relief operations in the wake of the Indonesia earthquake which killed at least 74.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 4, 2009Indonesia: ACT Relief Reaching Isolated Communities

  ACT International assistance is reaching some of the most isolated and worst affected earthquake-hit villages not helped by other agencies.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 3, 2009Indonesia: ACT members respond to West Java earthquake

  ACT members in Indonesia sending aid and rapid response teams to assess impact of earthquake.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 28, 2009New WCC Top is “excellent news for ACT”

  Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, an ordained pastor in the Church of Norway, has been elected as a new general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 21, 2009Pakistan: Difficult Return for the Homeless

  Four million displaced people in Pakistan are returning to their homes. The first hundred thousand have left, and meet hard conditions.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 20, 2009Darfur: Sleeping Tight in Safe Haven

  Derieg camp in Darfur was, and is, Fiza’s safe haven. She has been living there since she fled with her family from the Janjaweed militia 5 years ago.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 19, 2009World Humanitarian Day: Field worker -- A dangerous job

  Why do people become aid workers under harsh living conditions, surrounded by diseases, dangers and poverty?

• NEWS STORY: JULY 31, 2009 No rain today: Ethiopia in climate change

  On Sunday 5 July, it finally rained in Dehana district in the mountains of central Ethiopia after eight months without a drop of water. The area looks like a dusty stone desert.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 27, 2009Displaced Pakistanis are asking: Is it really safe to return?

  Authorities have announced that areas that were the site of recent fighting, including Buner and the Swat Valley, are now clear. But the displaced are asking if it is really safe for them to return.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 27, 2009Pakistan: Displaced seek shelter house by house

  Awalkhan has four spare rooms in his modest house, now a temporary hostel to 30 people.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 27, 2009DR Congo: Drama against Rape

  The use of drama is not new to the local ACT partner organizations in Congo, in fact many of the organizations are using drama therapeutically as well as to highlight issues difficult to talk about in public.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 23, 2009Syria: Iraqi refugee women showing off their skills as beauticians

  While Syria allows Iraqi refugees to stay in Syria, they are not officially allowed to work, leading many to scramble to find ways to support themselves and their families

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 23, 2009Gaza: “We are captive and slowly suffocating”

  UN estimates that 98 percent of private businesses have closed and more than 100,000 people have lost their jobs since June 2007, with total unemployment at about 45 percent.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 21, 2009Bangladesh: Rebuilding Life after the cyclones

  P. Kristian Pedersen, DanChurchAid, recently visited Barguna in Southern Bangladesh to review the progress of the rehabilitation work after two cyclones hit the area within 18 month.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 17, 2009Georgia: After the War, A Retiree Struggles to Rebuild His Life

  Gaioz’s dream of a peaceful retirement was shattered when war broke out last August between Russian and Georgian forces.

• SITUATION REPORT: JULY 15, 2009Sri Lanka: Update on ACT assistance to conflict IDPs

  Protection remains the primary concern for ACT International with nearly all IDPs confined within the camps, restricting their ability to access employment, attend regular schools, visit family, and ultimately choose their place of residence.

• SITUATION REPORT: JULY 10, 2009Pakistan: IDPs fear returning back to their homes

  With the completion of the rapid response phase, humanitarian agencies are still struggling to implement a comprehensive initiative focusing on education, food security, health, and protection of the displaced people.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 10, 2009Gaza: Lifting childrens' spirits with music

  110 children aged 6-15 years attended the event at the Holst Cultural Center/Gaza celebrating the launch of Rim Banna’s new album April Blossoms. It has been produced in cooperation with Norwegian Church Cultural Workshop.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 8, 2009ACT Honduras Forum members’ work stalled, affecting people in extreme poverty

  Implementing members and their partners are concerned that the crisis is causing a delay in project development and, thereby, affecting mostly people in extreme poverty.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 2, 2009ACT members strongly condemn Coup d’Etat in Honduras

  There is an immanent need to a re-establishment of all democratic rights and liberties in Honduras, including freedom of expression, the right of the Honduran people to mobilize, organize and to access information.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 30, 2009Pakistan: 3.5 million people affected. “We are not used to queuing for food.”

  They have never been standing in queues for food before. The proud population of Swabi and Mardan Districts of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan ask for jobs instead.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 30, 2009Pakistan: Homeless in the heat

  Zeshan is barely four days old and may have already lost a home.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 9, 2009Pakistan: Displaced women and children increasingly vulnerable, warns ACT

  Displaced women and young girls are facing increasingly severe hardships in the Mardan and Swabi areas of Pakistan, as they have explained to members of ACT International.

• SITUATION REPORT: JUNE 5, 2009Massive needs as Pakistan conflict widens

  Recent fighting between Pakistani military forces and Taliban insurgents in the northwest part of the country has uprooted more than three million people.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 4, 2009Chad: ACT projects continue despite ongoing security threats

  While calm has returned to the eastern parts of Chad after heavy fighting in early May, ACT emergency operations are still hampered by ongoing banditry.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 28, 2009Honduras: ACT mobilises in response to major quake

  Members of ACT International in Honduras are mobilising to assess needs and respond if necessary to the early morning magnitude-7.1 earthquake, which struck off the coast of the Central American nation.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 27, 2009ACT Alliance: Giant global aid body to be created

  Church-based emergency and development organisations are about to create one of the world’s biggest networks.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 27, 2009Gaza strip: Trauma therapy brings life back to children

  These activities, supported by ACT member DanChurchAid (DCA), are being carried out in twelve schools for about 6,000 students.

• SITUATION REPORT: MAY 25, 2009Pakistan: ACT mobilises response for displaced persons

  Members of ACT International report increasing needs among vulnerable populations including a lack of shelter, food, medicine, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene, and clothing.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 22, 2009Sri Lanka: $2.7m appeal for 265,000 homeless in crisis

  New IDPs from the combat zone have been without adequate food, clothing and hygiene. They are often injured and distressed by their experiences and by the separation of their family members.

• SITUATION REPORT: MAY 14, 2009Sri Lanka: Update on ACT assistance to conflict IDPs

  The ACT Coordinating Office expects to issue a revised appeal by the beginning of next week to include further proposed crisis assistance by ACT members the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka and Lutheran World Relief.

• FEATURE STORY: MAY 13, 2009Eyewitness in Sri Lanka

  Having been displaced in Mullaithivu 19 times, a young family with a one-and-a-half year old child finally arrived in Vavuniya on the 23rd of April. They now live under a tree. There are many families with her awaiting accommodation.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 12, 2009Sri Lanka: The children look like skeletons

  These are the words from one ACT health worker who recently visited one of the camps for displaced people in the north of the island. “I haven’t seen such extreme malnutrition before”, he says.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 11, 2009Rebel attacks: ACT evacuates aid workers in Chad

  ACT International member Lutheran World Federation has evacuated most of its humanitarian staff in a number of towns after the rebel group Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) has attacked the area.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 30, 2009ACT International to unify with development network

  The new coalition, to be named the ACT Alliance, hopes to bring together close to 150 churches, agencies and other faith-based organisations with a combined budget of more than US$1.5 billion.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 27, 2009Darfur in crisis: ACT continues, now one of the largest responses

  The joint ACT International and Caritas Internationalis response is expanding its services for displaced and vulnerable people in Darfur.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 24, 2009Sri Lanka: Churches demand release of ACT human rights worker

  The general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia of The WCC has urged the government of Sri Lanka to immediately release Santha Fernando, the executive secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission NCCSL.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 24, 2009Sri Lankan civilians out of war zone – need assistance

  ACT International has issued an appeal for over one million US dollars to assist traumatized, displaced civilians being moved into government transit camps and hospitals.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 20, 2009ACT mobilises response to Afghan earthquake

  ACT mobilises urgent assistance to homeless earthquake survivors in worst affected areas of Sherzad district of Nangarhar Province.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 15, 2009Bangladesh:

  “Please make me a member, give me a loan; I will pay it back at any cost,” says Salma Begum, recalling her plea eight years ago to join a micro-credit group in her village.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 2, 2009ACT justice and peace worker in Sri Lanka arrested

  The executive secretary for justice and peace in the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka has been arrested by a government terrorism investigation unit.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 24, 2009Afghanistan: Millions facing food shortages, possible starvation

  "In Afghanistan, the heroin trade, suicide bombings and the ‘war on terror’ has put the humanitarian agenda on the sidelines," reports an ACT aid worker.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 20, 2009Gaza: Response continues despite restricted access

  As violent exchanges continue despite the ceasefire, ACT members continue to respond to the significant needs inside the cut-off and conflict-torn territory.

• SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 17, 2009Sri Lanka: ACT alliance assistance to conflict IDPs

  With the greatest concern being for civilians still trapped in the war zone, ACT members continue to provide assistance to IDPs.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 4, 2009Calm is needed in Sudan following arrest warrant

  "I call upon the government and leading political parties to maintain a sober mind in light of the arrest warrant issued this afternoon," added Mr Nduna.

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 4, 2009Tackling gender landmines in eastern Chad, an aid worker profile

  "We are dealing with human beings… people who need to live with dignity and respect," says Esther Isaac, an aid worker who knows herself what it means to be displaced.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 23, 2009Zimbabwe: Water rehabilitation projects fight cholera

  The cholera crisis continues as ACT members report that already vulnerable communities are at even greater risk with a lack of clean water.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 17, 2009ACT photo exhibition: The smiling, caring Congo

  ACT International is showing a photo exhibition in Geneva, called “NOT FORGOTTEN”, exposing the positive sides to life in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 10, 2009Gaza hospital under fire

  Life is slowly returning to what passes as normal in a health facility where, because of Israel’s blockade of the strip, supplies are always short.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 30, 2009Gaza: Bombed clinic to rise from the rubble

  The clinic was destroyed after people living in the flat above received a telephone warning from the Israelis to vacate the premises. A missile strike followed 15 minutes later.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 30, 2009Gaza response continue despite access challenges

  Aid organisations continue to experience significant difficulty in sending staff and additional supplies into the area to support emergency relief work and begin recovery operations.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 30, 2009Sri Lanka: Growing concern for trapped civilians, ACT mobilises response

  With the humanitarian situation worsening, there is great concern for civilians caught in an intensification of hostilities between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 27, 2009Gaza: "People still look at the sky", report ACT medical workers

  ACT International is working to coordinate both national and international psychosocial assistance in Gaza to ensure effective and appropriate care for those most traumatised by the war.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 23, 2009After Nkunda arrest, DRC situation calm but tense

  Rwandan soldiers arrested Mr Nkunda in Rwanda just days after other Rwandan troops crossed the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 20, 2009Gaza: Should Israel pay compensation for destroyed clinics?

  ACT members had four clinics bombed by Israeli air strikes. Three of them were mobile clinics, built into small trucks, funded by DanChurchAid.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 19, 2009Gaza: Food distribution between skeleton houses

  No bombs are falling over Gaza today and aid workers are now working hard to distribute food and medicine to the affected population living in the aftermath of 22 days of war.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 18, 2009Gaza blockade must be lifted

  The silence from the guns has little meaning if the blockade continues.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 16, 2009ACT starts risky food distribution in Gaza

  On Monday distribution of food and water, medicines and blankets will start. ACT will cooperate with local organizations and foundations to carry out the dangerous distribution.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 15, 2009Appeal for 4 mill. US dollars, urgent for Gaza

  The money will be used for food supplements, medicines, medical supplies and equipment, cash for food and cash for work, and psychosocial assistance.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 15, 2009Appeal for 4 million US dollars, urgent for Gaza

  The money will be used for food supplements, medicines, medical supplies and equipment, cash for food and cash for work, and psychosocial assistance.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 15, 2009Gaza hospitals in horror: Burns from phosphorus bombs

  An overwhelming number of patients are suffering from severe burns as a result of the use of white phosphorous bombs by the Israeli army.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 14, 2009Much-needed aid reaches Gazans

  An initial three truckloads of ACT-supported food, milk and medical supplies have now reached Gazans in desperate need of assistance.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 13, 2009Gaza: Food and medicine on way

  Three truck loads of food, medicine and blankets from ACT International passed the border of Gaza Tuesday evening. From tomorrow, UN will be streamlining all aid delivery in the Gaza Strip.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 13, 2009Gaza: Teenager died from fear

  The heartbreaking story is told by her aunt, Suhaila Tarazi, who is the director of Al Ahli hospital in Gaza.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 12, 2009Gaza: The poorest lost their only heath care

  The ACT International hospital in the densely populated Shijaiya in Gaza was reduced to rubble Saturday, when the building was hit by an Israeli missile.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 11, 2009Gaza clinic destroyed by Israeli missile

  "The clinic is completely destroyed with all its equipment and medical supplies," reports Zack Sabella from the council’s Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 9, 2009Gaza situation report

  The devastation and damage in Gaza resulting from the ongoing Israeli military activities is increasing, reports ACT member Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 8, 2009Gaza situation report

  The situation in Gaza remains difficult and dangerous

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 7, 2009Food, medicines, blankets and trauma therapists headed for Gaza

  The need for emergency psychosocial care within the war-torn area is overwhelming.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 6, 2009Gaza: Israel bombs three mobile clinics

  The three clinics were built inside small trucks and equipped to function as mobile health facilities in Gaza.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 5, 2009Many injured civilians inaccessible, says Gaza hospital director

  Civilians injured by bombings are stuck in their homes without food and water and are unable to seek medical attention.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 2, 2009Eyewitnesses in Gaza: “They kill our children at home”

  People have to stay in their homes, more or less exposed to the bombing, just hoping to stay alive.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 28, 2008ACT warns of further Gaza humanitarian crisis without ceasefire

  ACT International warns of a dramatic escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, if Israel, Hamas and other militant groups do not cease the current hostilities.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 23, 2008Still room in the inn: Grassroots hospitality in eastern DRC

  In the eastern Congo around 70 percent of those left homeless by war are taken in by other families.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 19, 2008Flood of the century in Brazil: “Please, don’t help us”

  The Civil Defense in the area has called upon the population to stop their donations. The warehouses and distribution centers are full.

• SITUATION REPORT: DECEMBER 19, 2008Myanmar Emergency Response Operation

  ACT members, with and through local implementing partners, have been responding since the immediate onset of Cyclone Nargis.

• SITUATION REPORT: DECEMBER 9, 2008Situation report: DRC response continues

  The situation in North Kivu is relatively calm at the moment. However, clashes between armed groups are being reported daily.

• SITUATION REPORT: NOVEMBER 14, 2008Pakistan: Winterised tents severely needed after Balochistan earthquake

  Many survivors have not received tents, but even those who received non-winterised tents remain at risk of illness.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 10, 2008DRC: 'Invisible' displaced and host families at risk, warns ACT

  Thousands of families who have opened their modest homes to fleeing strangers, but they are weighing on the meager resources of their hospitable host families.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 5, 2008DRC: 'People fled in all directions', says aid worker

  ACT members in eastern DRC continue to work together to respond in the face of very difficult security and operational circumstances.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 5, 2008In war-torn Chad, a focus on 'mind, soul and body'

  Psychosocial programs address issues of “mind, soul and body” both individually and in the social setting.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 3, 2008DRC: ACT members deliver initial assistance

  Despite the lack of humanitarian access, several ACT members have are delivering some initial assistance in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 30, 2008DRC: Emergency work is paralyzed

  Emergency work is paralyzed after aid workers themselves have been withdrawn from the field for security reasons.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 29, 2008Earthquake in Pakistan killed 350

  ACT members are now on way to the area with tents, blankets, food and winter clothing for up to four thousand families.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 27, 2008Floods in Central America: Crops and homes are gone

  More than 300 000 people are affected by floods in Central America. Close to fifty people have died in the floods.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 24, 2008India: The Bihar-flood: Millions of traumatized people

  The flood waters have devastated crops, decimated livestock, damaged or swept away houses and disrupted critical facilities.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 24, 2008Georgia: Winter is coming and the homeless are not prepared

  The leaves have already changed in Tskvarichamia. For the 16 families taking shelter in a modest building this is an ominous reminder that winter is coming and they are not prepared.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 21, 2008Illegitimate debt: Poor countries pay their dictators´ debt

  Poor, new, fragile democracies have to pay 500 billion US dollars of the debt incurred by former dictators every year.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 17, 2008India: The angry water of Kosi: A ride for life

  Banana trunks were lashed together with their leaves and tied together with bits of cloth were made into a make shift raft.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 15, 2008Global: Credit crisis threatens the poorest, says ACT director

  "The global credit crisis will have dramatic consequences for the poorest, because those who fund them are hit by the breakdown," says John Nduna, director of ACT International.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 1, 2008India: ACT members respond to 'absolute disaster'

  ACT International has launched a US $1.7 million appeal to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people displaced by the catastrophic flooding in the Indian province of Bihar.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 21, 2008Myanmar: 'I only lost my home,' says cyclone survivor

  Ma Yi was one of the fortunate ones: all that she lost was her house, and everything in it.

• SITUATION REPORT: AUGUST 21, 2008Myanmar Emergency Response Operation

  The needs for food and shelter are being partially met in many areas, but with significant shortfalls and gaps being reported.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 23, 2008Darfur: ACT-Caritas prepare for the coming rains

  Life in Darfur can be harsh at the best of times, but during the rainy season it can be particularly challenging.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 17, 2008Kenya: Displaced return home in uncertainty

  After months of languishing in the hundreds of overcrowded, understaffed, and undersupplied camps, Kenya’s internally displaced persons are finally returning home.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 16, 2008Southern Africa: ACT members tackle climate change

  At a May meeting of Southern African ACT members, representatives discussed the increasing local effects of climate change and outlined global action steps for combating its risks.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 15, 2008Chad: As insecurity continues, a concern that the 'Darfur problem' is broader than Darfur

  LWF staff members argue that the humanitarian situations in Chad and Sudan are inexorably linked and that the international community needs to pay attention to the situation within Chad itself.

• SITUATION REPORT: JUNE 11, 2008Myanmar Emergency Response Operation

  While some assistance is getting through, survivors of Cyclone Nargis still await essential relief in the hardest hit areas of the Irrawaddy Delta region.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 5, 2008Overcome humanity’s “greed”: Churches respond to the food crisis

  At present 854 million people -- one person in every eight -- are hungry, and the current crisis caused by rapid increase in food prices may add another 100 million people to that count.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 4, 2008Myanmar: Young volunteers dedicated to help survivors

  Young people are supporting the survivors of Cyclone Nargis in the severely devastated Irrawaddy Delta region and their task is increasingly demanding.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 1, 2008ACT International Director elected vice-chair of SCHR

  John Nduna, ACT International Director, recently sat down for a question and answer session on the work of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response and his new role as the group’s vice-chair.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 28, 2008Community-based organisations provide ongoing relief in Myanmar

  “Aid is going out everyday, and local organisations are reaching thousands of people,” says an ACT member representative.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 23, 2008China: ACT member provides rapid assistance to most vulnerable

  Following the initial crisis phase ACT Members will assist in rebuilding communities, including 600 homes, 10 schools and 5 clinics.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 23, 2008Myanmar: Immeasurable loss, continued response

  Myo Lin clung onto a tree in the dark for eight hours as Cyclone Nargis raged through Myanmar (Burma).

• NEWS STORY: MAY 16, 2008Myanmar: ACT launches US $5.1m appeal for cyclone survivors

  ACT International has already mobilised resources through local organisations providing clean water, emergency food and non-food items to more than 100,000 people.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 15, 2008China: ACT launches preliminary appeal to support quake-affected families

  In response to the devastating earthquake in central China, Action ACT International has launched a US $1.475 million preliminary appeal to assist close to 8,000 affected families.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 9, 2008ACT members mobilise support for cyclone-affected in Myanmar

  A preliminary response in the coming days will aim to assist at least 10,000 families through water, shelter and cash for work programs.

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 25, 2008Darfur: Determined to learn despite the challenges

  A large group of children gather in front of Um Gozein School in Mershing, South Darfur, filling the yard with the excited chatter of their young voices.

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 13, 2008Kenya: Entering the world displaced

  Having nothing to return home to and nothing to move on to, the internally displaced people of Kenya are stuck in a state of limbo. Their lives are stalled, but life itself does go on.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 6, 2008Mozambique: 'There are just so, so many people displaced'

  Continued and massive displacements of people, as well as outbreaks of cholera and other diseases are among the problems facing areas of Mozambique that are flooded, according to ACT member staff person.

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 6, 2008Darfur: Interview: Peacebuilding, Protection and Psychosocial staff

  In a staff interview, Katherine Gicuku Ireri and Adam Ateem provide some insight into the Peacebuilding, Protection and Psychosocial response by ACT-Caritas in South and West Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 6, 2008Investing in safe delivery, life-saving training for women in Darfur

  "I assisted the delivery and after that I became a birth attendant," recalls Hawa.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 5, 2008Iraqi refugees who leave homes for the safety of Syria still face challenges

  Refugees who flee war and find safe haven are then faced with the problem of finding work to support their families.

• SITUATION REPORT: FEBRUARY 27, 2008Mozambique flood response continues

  Following heavy rains and flooding in Mozambique, the government reports that 258,000 people require immediate food aid, water and sanitation assistance, and basic survival emergency kits.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 22, 2008Thousands of Chadian refugees in Cameroon still afraid to return home

  Thousands who fled into neighboring Cameroon are afraid to return home citing fears over security, especially under the current state of emergency.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 8, 2008Darfur: New community centre -- a place for all generations

  In a place where life is hard, this second community centre has just opened to become a source of strength for the people of Dereig.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 7, 2008A principal’s story--a dedicated educator and ACT member make a difference for a Lebanon public school

  In Ain al Remaneh, an East Beirut suburb, there is a public school principal who will do anything for her 300 students.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 5, 2008Kenya: ACT members address deeper challenges

  As an HIV-positive woman and caregiver for her family and others, Sellah cannot afford to have her life disrupted.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 5, 2008Kenya: Camps overflow as post-election violence worsens

  As the political stalemate continues and violence associated with the highly controversial elections escalates and spreads, camps for those displaced throughout Kenya are operating beyond their capacity.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 1, 2008India: Joy of living returns after tsunami disaster

  Three years after the disaster G. Raju's situation has changed considerably for the better.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 23, 2008Gaza Crisis

  “without communicating the urgency and stressing the need to relieve Gaza of its present conditions, nothing will transpire.”

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 22, 2008Kenya: A country and people hanging in the balance

  While political parties and outside mediators struggle to find a peaceful solution to Kenya’s election dispute, young people find a different challenge as they wrestle with a crisis in a once peaceful country.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 18, 2008Three years after tsunami, Sri Lanka rebuilds amid worsening war

  Thousands of civilians, including many displaced by the tsunami and resettled in new homes, have been uprooted from their homes by the renewed fighting.

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 17, 2008Kenya: Fear overshadows desire to return home

  As the crisis in Kenya continues, ACT member, Church World Service (CWS), has provided food support to 1,500 displaced families from the Kiambiu and Mathare slums.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 11, 2008As 2007 ended, progress in Afghanistan proved elusive

  How, in the six years since the fall of the Taliban, is it possible to measure progress in Afghanistan?

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 11, 2008Afghanistan: As questions about aid continue, working small has its benefits

  Asking whether humanitarian assistance by international agencies is making a difference cannot be separated from a larger question: what is the role of such groups in a country where there is a U.S. and NATO military presence?

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 11, 2008Assistance for Iraqi IDPs and refugees

  While the general security inside Iraq has somewhat improved during the past six months, the security situation for the common Iraqi has not necessarily improved equally.

• NEWS STORY: JANUARY 11, 2008Afghanistan: On a wind-swept outskirts of Kabul, a fundamental change

  Among those benefiting from the work of ACT member, Church World Service, in Afghanistan are two families living on the hilly, wind-swept terrain of the outskirts of Kabul.

• SITUATION REPORT: JANUARY 10, 2008Indonesia: Central and East Java floods

  Members of the ACT forum in Indonesia continue to coordinate their response to the floods

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 7, 2008Kenya: Displaced in their own country

  Millions of Kenyans went to the polls to choose their president. But for Benta Nyipolo, being forced from her home in the post-election violence was something she did not choose.

• FEATURE STORY: DECEMBER 6, 2007Bangladesh: 'I could see trees falling down everywhere around me'

  An ocean of gold, pink, red, yellow and green saris fill the cultural centre in the village of Madaripur, where an emergency relief distribution is currently underway.

• FEATURE STORY: DECEMBER 4, 2007Bangladesh: ACT members continue Cyclone Sidr emergency response

  As ACT members continue to provide emergency assistance to families, people most affected by Cyclone Sidr continue to count the loss and look toward rebuilding their communities.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 30, 2007Bangladesh: Emergency relief in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr

  Neeti Bhargava, an emergency officer with Christian Aid, has been speaking with families and helping bring assistance to those most affected by the emergency.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 23, 2007Bangladesh: Stories from Cyclone Sidr

  As ACT members respond and continue to assess the damage in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, the human loss and toll is only beginning to emerge.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 21, 2007Dominicans work to recover from ‘catastrophic disaster’

  After more than ten days of heavy flooding, more than 100 communities are reportedly still inaccessible and without means of communication.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 18, 2007Bangladesh: ACT International supporting 35,500 people following Cyclone Sidr

  Responding to communities devastated by Cyclone Sidr, members of Action by Churches Together (ACT) International are beginning emergency support for more than 35,500 people in southern Bangladesh.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 18, 2007In troubled Darfur: 'A humanitarian problem that will not go away quickly'

  Recent attacks combined with detentions of humanitarian workers are just the latest examples of a deteriorating situation.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 10, 2007Darfur: ACT-Caritas continues life-saving activities despite increased tension in region

  ACT-Caritas programme in South Darfur has temporarily relocated a number of international staff to Khartoum.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 27, 2007Darfur: Three ACT-Caritas staff free after being detained

  Three ACT-Caritas staff are now free after being detained by an armed group and released into police custody.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 11, 2007Peru: ACT members support vulnerable rural communities

  Members of the global alliance, Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, are continuing their response to vulnerable rural families following the mid-August earthquake in Peru.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 22, 2007Chad: Critical steps accomplished, much work lies ahead

  Members of the global humanitarian alliance, Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, have accomplished critical steps in the past month as they begin their operations in the eastern part of Chad.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 24, 2007Conflict resolution in Darfur camps

  With training and assistance ACT-Caritas, several groups of sheikhs, women and youth have been empowered with the skills and knowledge to enable them to resolve conflicts peacefully.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 11, 2007Darfur: A sporting start

  For the first time ever, a football match is being played between young people from Khamsadegaig camp and the local youth team from Zalingei.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 28, 2007Water for Darfur

  Women in colourful toubs wait patiently in the long line-up for water -- one of the most precious commodities in this dusty, parched region of Sudan.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 25, 2007Continuing attacks on villages in Darfur

  In South Darfur, another 3,000 people have been forced to flee their homes because of brutal attacks on their villages.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 19, 2007ACT-Caritas NGO worker killed in Darfur

  An ACT-Caritas employee was shot and killed on his way home from work.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 10, 2007Darfur: Blankets bring comfort

  “You have done good for us, we send our regards to you who sent us the blankets.”

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 13, 2007Darfur: Lack of security remains a challenge to assisting remote communities

  While people living in camps now have access to basic services, remote communities in Darfur have received little humanitarian assistance. ACT-Caritas is trying to improve sanitation and thereby health in suc

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 30, 2007Darfur: 'Revealing and informative'

  John Nduna, the Director of ACT International, speaks on his recent visit to Darfur, Sudan.

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 26, 2007Darfur: Paid protection

  A sand track leads north from Zalingei to the village of Abata, but these days few people travel along it.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 20, 2007Darfur health outreach and beyond

  It’s Sunday, market day in Hassaballa. People have come to trade their wares, but they have also come to visit the mobile health clinic, which has been set up by ACT-Caritas.

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 30, 2007Darfur: Firewood collection: A threat to women and a threat to the environment

  As the afternoon sun beats down and despite their heavy loads, their pace is fast and unrelenting. The three women are hurrying back to the safety of the camp.

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 9, 2007Darfur: The shadow of a mountain: Both refuge and darkness for people displaced by conflict

  As the sun rises from behind the mountain, boys in long, white shirts, known as “jelabia,” hurry through the streets of Nertiti, kicking up the dust with their feet.

• FEATURE STORY: DECEMBER 13, 2006Darfur: Weapons of mass displacement

  Over the past two months, more than 10,000 people have arrived in Otash camp, fleeing attacks on their homes in the Tulus and Buram localities in Sudan’s South Darfur province.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 1, 2006HIV and AIDS awareness in Darfur

  To mark World AIDS Day, the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), a national member of ACT-Caritas, has organized three days of events in Nyala, South Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 24, 2006Wildfire in South Darfur

  Gunfire, fields alight and homes burning. Around 40,000 civilians have been forced from their homes in the eastern region of South Darfur in the past month.

• FEATURE STORY: OCTOBER 5, 2006Darfur: The way home is peace

  For some of the internally displaced people living in camps in Darfur, it is now safe to go home. However, those who can go home are not Darfurians.

• FEATURE STORY: SEPTEMBER 13, 2006Darfur: There’s quiet but no peace

  Four months since the signing of the peace agreement, security is yet to be established.

• FEATURE STORY: SEPTEMBER 6, 2006Darfur: Community centers provide help that heals

  People living in camps in Darfur depend on humanitarian-aid agencies for all their basic needs: food, water, shelter and essential household items. But with community centers in eleven c

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 29, 2006Darfur: Displaced again and again

  In recent months, following attacks by armed militias in Chad, hundreds of refugees from Darfur have fled back across the border into Sudan. Too afraid of the militias to return to their villages, they are sheltering in the town of Juguma.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 23, 2006Darfur: A crisis within a crisis

  ACT-Caritas water committees have continued to work providing clean water to their communities during an increase of attacks on humanitarian organisations. But if the pattern of violence is sustained, will they be able to cope?

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 21, 2006Darfur: Severe floods hit town of Kubum

  One boy dies, houses collapse, crops destroyed and water sources contaminated in one of the worst floods Kubum has seen for years.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 11, 2006Youths fight against HIV and AIDS in Darfur

  In Nyala, South Darfur, some youths have chosen to fight. But they have taken up arms against a very different opponent to that of other armed groups -- they are fighting against HIV and AIDS.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 2, 2006Darfur: Shelters for hundreds of families

  Hundreds of families who have spent two months sheltering in school buildings now have their own individual shelters.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 31, 2006Working for peace from Macedonia to Darfur

  One person with first-hand experience in both Macedonia and Darfur is Vladimir Lazovski, a 28-year-old aid worker from Skopje. As he now approaches the end of his assignment, Vladimir re

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 25, 2006Darfur: Nowhere is safe

  People living in camps in South Darfur continue to live in fear. "We came here to be protected but we are not safe," is the resounding echo from a group of sheikhs.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 25, 2006Darfur: Patients double at health clinic

  The health clinic in Garsila is finding it hard to cope with an influx of patients. There are not enough staff and not enough drugs to treat the sick.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 20, 2006Darfur: Driver for local NGO working with ACT-Caritas shot and killed

  A driver who was hired by a local NGO and partner of the faith-based humanitarian operation of ACT-Caritas in Darfur, to take staff home, was killed on Wednesday, July 19.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 11, 2006Darfur: Displaced people start to call for justice and protection by international forces

  At first glance, it seems like life as usual in one of Darfur’s biggest camps for displaced people. But not everything is the same.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 6, 2006Darfur: 'We need protection'

  Over the last month, some 4,000 families have fled to Nyala to escape the fighting between militia and rebel groups in South Darfur.

• NEWS STORY: MAY 18, 2006Peace talks in Nigeria continue, but life in Darfur getting even more desperate

  As diplomats have pressed for peace in talks in Abuja, Nigeria, the situation on the ground in Darfur seems a world away.

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 31, 2006 Darfur's growing insecurity makes life difficult for thousands of displaced

  He was on his knees, praying in his shop in a Darfur camp, when the militias on camels and horses came thundering in. “I was afraid. I was afraid of being killed,” said Sher Idriss Ishmael.

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 31, 2006Thousands displaced as violence and tension mount in South Darfur

  Armed militias have driven more than 55,000 people from their homes in South Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: JANUARY 25, 2006Darfur: Peace high on agenda of interfaith meetings

  In the sun in Nyala, South Darfur, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, head of Scotland’s Roman Catholics, lead an ecumenical prayer for peace in Darfur in the presence of more than 2,000 people.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 23, 2005ACT-Caritas assists people displaced by violence near Zalingei, West Darfur

  ACT-Caritas assists 500 households folllowing recent violence in Nyangadoulu, which has displaced close to 1,200 people from their homes.

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 23, 2005Darfur’s displaced face grim future as vital aid is slashed

  Darfur’s two million displaced people could face a grim future as aid agencies dramatically scale back their programmes because of slashed funds from donors.

• FEATURE STORY: DECEMBER 8, 2005Darfur: Fortunate to be alive

  When Amona Adam Osman came to the feeding center in South Darfur, she was a tiny skeleton. Her mother’s breasts were dry, and the baby could no longer take in food.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 11, 2005Violence continues to plague villages in West Darfur

  She grabbed her baby son and fled as the village was attacked by gunmen. She didn’t even know where her husband was.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 20, 2005Irish aid worker takes helm of relief operation in tense Darfur

  Anne Masterson, a Dublin-born relief worker with experience across Africa, has just taken over as head of one of the biggest emergency relief operations in South and West Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: OCTOBER 14, 2005ACT-Caritas works to promote good hygiene practice in Darfur

  Spruce in her yellow toub, a 22-year-old mother shows visitors the tiny hut and small surrounding area, which is her temporary home in a camp in Zalingei, West Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: OCTOBER 11, 2005School supported by ACT-Caritas brings hope to children in Zalingei, West Darfur

  The sound of the school bell echoes across the plastic sheets and temporary huts of Hassa Hissa refugee camp, bringing with it the sound of hope.

• FEATURE STORY: SEPTEMBER 26, 2005Darfur: Clinic supported by ACT-Caritas serves as lifeline

  A clinic supported by ACT-Caritas provides a vital lifeline to hundreds of people living in trouble-stricken South Darfur, Sudan.

• FEATURE STORY: SEPTEMBER 21, 2005Insecurity in Darfur threatens aid

  Banditry is rife, with humanitarian convoys regularly ambushed, civilians robbed and villagers forced to flee their homes.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 31, 2005Darfur runs risk of becoming another ‘silently escalating’ forgotten emergency

  A year after the conflict here captured the world’s attention, people who were driven from their land still express a deep fear of returning to their homes.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 11, 2005ACT-Caritas malnutrition survey shows impact of Darfur's conflict on Zalingei town

  More people, who live in a town in Darfur, are suffering from malnutrition, than the people who live in the nearby makeshift camps according to an ACT-Caritas survey published today.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 18, 2005Darfur: The way forward: Sudanese helping Sudanese

  In a unique ceremony the Sudan Social Development Organisation (SUDO) took over the running of Bilel Camp near Nyala in South Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 17, 2005Rainy season signals tough time for Darfur's IDPs

  In Darfur, 1.88 million people in camps are facing yet another rainy season. Temporary shelters give limited protection and often collapse when the sky opens and heavy rains pour from the sky.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 11, 2005Reviving Darfur's neglected health system

  It is not unusual to find a rural hospital in Darfur without doctors, or a health unit without medicine.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 30, 2005Darfur: 'Security is our number one priority'

  Zeinab is grateful to her God. The straw construction where her children used to sleep is still standing. Her other two huts were burned to the ground in December 2003.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 27, 2005ACT-Caritas airlifts emergency supplies to Darfur to beat rainy season

  The last few days have seen 139 tons of relief items flown to Nyala, the capital of South Darfur by the ACT-Caritas operation. More is on its way.

• FEATURE STORY: JUNE 22, 2005Darfur: Going home: ACT-Caritas hopes to assist many of the displaced people leaving camps

  Hundreds of hopeful families from Darfur’s biggest camp have decided to pack their few belongings and climb aboard one of the provided trucks that will take them home.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 7, 2005Situation in Darfur 'extremely fragile' as rainy season starts

  With the rainy season underway, the ACT-Caritas operation warns that the situation for people displaced by the conflict is "extremely fragile."

• NEWS STORY: MAY 28, 2005Darfur: UN Secretary-General visits ACT-Caritas school

  Director of ACT-Caritas program stresses strong need for protection of civilians in Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: MAY 19, 2005Darfur: The wait for water

  With major displacement of people challenging the access to water, ACT-Caritas is working full speed to drill boreholes in order to meet the needs of people in Garsilla,West Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 22, 2005Darfur: Preparing for the rainy season

  People in Bulbul develop a plan to store medical supplies during the rainy season.

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 18, 2005Darfur: 'I want to become a teacher'

  In spite of the many daily challenges, pupils attending Hassa Hissa School outside Zalingei in West Darfur are eager to learn.

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 14, 2005Darfur: In Kubum, ACT-Caritas assists cases of severe malnutrition in children

  With training complete for staff in Kubum, ACT-Caritas has started its own pilot program to treat severe cases of malnutrition among young children.

• NEWS STORY: APRIL 11, 2005Displaced and host communities find ways to live together in Sudan's troubled Darfur

  ACT-Caritas has adopted a policy ensuring that their services are available not only to the IDPs, but the host community as well.

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 7, 2005Fields of experience and conflict come together in Darfur

  A small woman with a big smile worked in several emergencies in her native country of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) before coming to Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: APRIL 5, 2005Darfur: Assisting the most vulnerable

  Humanitarian organisations working in the conflict-stricken region of Darfur do the best they can to reach out to the most vulnerable people.

• NEWS STORY: MARCH 17, 2005ACT-Caritas continues work in South Darfur and eastern parts of West Darfur

  In the midst of heightened tension and insecurity, ACT-Caritas programs continue in South Darfur and eastern parts of West Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: MARCH 7, 2005Life in a Darfur camp: Dust is abundant, but food is scarce

  Outside the feeding centre in Hamadiya camp in West Darfur, women were waiting in a long queue on the red, sandy ground with their thin children in their laps.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 28, 2005Darfur: Prevention-based response: teaching that hygiene and health go hand-in-hand

  The ACT-Caritas programme is training health promoters in order to improve the hygiene in the camps.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 17, 2005Darfur: Locally constructed stoves make big difference in women's lives

  Women are learning how to make stoves that not only reduce the time spent cooking, but also reduce their risk of being harassed when collecting firewood.

• NEWS STORY: FEBRUARY 8, 2005Darfur: Starting all over again

  The villages along the dusty dirt road are empty. Plastic sheeting blows in the wind, and heaps of groundnuts are left in the field.

• FEATURE STORY: FEBRUARY 1, 2005Distributions ease difficult conditions for people displaced yet again in Darfur

  It is one of those hypothetical questions that everyone dreads having to ever answer: If your house were burning down, what would you save?

• NEWS STORY: DECEMBER 20, 2004Darfur is a tinderbox of war, dread and very little hope

  Perhaps it is only from the window of a plane that it is possible to grasp the sheer enormity of what has happened in Darfur during the last 18 months.

• FEATURE STORY: DECEMBER 10, 2004Darfur: At the very least, children at school are out of harm’s way

  A day at school can be a very small balm, both for a traumatized child and a traumatized society.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 26, 2004Darfur: Support for displaced people from Sudan's south

  Many of those who fled the protracted war in the south sought safety in Darfur. Now, with reports of an imminent southern peace deal, people say they want to go home, as again, they find themselves caught up in another conflict.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 26, 2004Unable to farm, people in Darfur face food shortages

  "There is no food, no homes. Life has become very difficult," says the local Imam, Mohammed Ibrahim.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 23, 2004Darfur: Special support for very young children: ACT-Caritas sets up nutrition centres in IDP camps

  ACT-Caritas implements a feeding program that provides supplementary food to children under age five, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 23, 2004Treating the most common diseases: ACT-Caritas sets up clinics for displaced people of Darfur

  ACT-Caritas provides basic health services to families through 13 clinics, with 27 more clinics and nutrition centers planned.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 23, 2004Darfur: Venturing outside of some IDP camps dangerous, ACT-Caritas survey shows

  ACT-Caritas recently carried out a survey among more than 200 IDP families to find out more about fears and patterns associated with the gathering of firewood.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 18, 2004Deteriorating security situation hampers ACT-Caritas work in Darfur

  The deteriorating security situation in Darfur is high on the minds of internally displaced persons and the humanitarian aid organisations that are there assisting them.

• FEATURE STORY: NOVEMBER 17, 2004Supply of food low, malnourishment high in Darfur camps

  Stripped of their safety, homes, means of making a living, and now struggling without even a basic necessity of life – food – the lives of people here hang in the balance.

• FEATURE STORY: OCTOBER 13, 2004Darfur: Families flee camp after attack

  Thousands of Darfurians are again on the run, seeking safety for themselves and their children.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 12, 2004More attacks in Darfur's Ta’asha area

  An attack on Bashum camp in the Ta'asha area in South Darfur has cost ten people their lives.

• FEATURE STORY: OCTOBER 6, 2004Recent attacks in South Darfur change lives forever

  Eleven-year-old Adam Musa Hamid's life changed forever when he was thrown off a camel during a kidnapping attempt by an armed group.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 4, 2004Darfur: ACT-Caritas brings relief for new IDPs in Ta'asha area

  ACT-Caritas teams meeting some of the most urgent needs of new arrivals to camps in the Ta’asha area.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 28, 2004Darfur: Fighting erupts in Ta’asha area; thousands flee

  Fighting occurred around Ta’asha in South Darfur, an operational area of ACT-Caritas, causing a huge influx of displaced persons to camps.

• NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 20, 2004Displacement of people continues in Darfur

  Continued attacks and general insecurity are still forcing people from their homes in Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 23, 2004The cries of Darfur’s children and elderly: ‘This is not what life was supposed to be’

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 20, 2004Aid supplies continue to arrive by air in Darfur

  The first of two airlifts of aid supplies to this conflict-ridden region was expected to arrive this morning for the work of the ACT-Caritas in Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 13, 2004Darfur: 'In former times we were independent and self-sufficient'

  Escaping attacks from militias, families fled to a camp, some on mules, but mostly on foot. They lost their homes, their fields and most of their animals.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 13, 2004Darfur: 'Now we have to start from scratch'

  Two months ago, Ahmed Abdelsalam, a father of 11 children, left his village of Umbawada for the safety of Belil camp for internally displaced persons.

• NEWS STORY: AUGUST 8, 2004Airlift delivers vital aid to Darfur

  An aircraft carrying vital items and equipment for the ACT-Caritas Darfur emergency response arrives in Nyala.

• FEATURE STORY: AUGUST 4, 2004Heavy rains threaten to cut off part of Darfur region

  It is now only a matter of time before heavy rains completely cut off areas in Darfur, putting thousands of people at risk of becoming isolated and without proper access to aid.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 30, 2004ACT-Caritas announces health care plans for Darfur

  ACT-Caritas has announced plans for an extensive health programme to treat vulnerable people at 40 locations around Kubum, Mershing and Manawashi.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 29, 2004Many IDPs in South Darfur afraid of moving to camps

  Displaced people in South Darfur are afraid of moving into camps, where they believe they will be more vulnerable.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 28, 2004ACT-Caritas delegation visits Darfur

  A delegation from the ACT-Caritas Darfur Emergency Response visited several relief projects of the joint program this week in Nyala, Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 28, 2004Darfur: Displaced families face a daily battle to survive

  With no water, food, healthcare or shelter displaced families struggle to survive in Dirage, South Darfur.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 28, 2004Darfur: Hardship in Kalma and Belil camps

  Displaced people face challenges in camps that have now become home -- a safe refuge from the fighting they have flex.

• NEWS STORY: JULY 12, 2004Darfur: Distribution supports 525 families in Belil camp

  ACT-Caritas partner, Sudan Social Development Organisation (SUDO) distributed plastic sheeting, rope, soap and blankets to 525 families.

• FEATURE STORY: JULY 5, 2004Darfur: Escaping attacks, displaced families find desperate situation in camps

  Under one of thousands of tiny, makeshift shelters dotting the arid, lunar-like landscape, Khaltoum mourns the loss of her husband and cares for her children.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 30, 2004ACT-Caritas to distribute survival kits in Darfur

  Two trucks loaded with 200 family survival kits provided by ACT-Caritas have left Nyala for Zalingei.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 21, 2004ACT-Caritas joint mission delivers supplies to Darfur

  A planeload of food supplies, emergency shelter equipment and vehicles has arrived in Nyala, South Darfur to assist people displaced by insecurity in the Darfur region.

• NEWS STORY: JUNE 2, 2004Darfur: ACT and Caritas join forces in Sudan

  Two faith-based networks representing Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic churches and their related agencies join forces to respond to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 30, 1999DCA Copenhagen Newsletter

• SITUATION REPORT: NOVEMBER 30, 1999Jakarta: West Sumatra Earthquake

  Government aims to: restore social and psychological well-being; provide temporary shelter and basic services including clean water and sanitation, livelihood, education and food security; and establish the foundation for reconstruction.